Vloggers hit an uncharted rock/reef in the Kimberleys

[atoll]

Originally Posted by Exile

Nice post. But isn't your last line also often said by owners of more traditional monohulls after docking? Except maybe more like "if it didn't result in a big yard bill and nobody died . . . ."

i'm surrounded by big traditional wooden sailing boats,some of them over 100 years old,most get a fresh coat of paint every year or so, so dings get painted over and add to their authenticity!

i'm 63 ft of raw unpainted aluminium and whenever one of them comes alongside i like to ,shout with a grin "watch my paint work!" and watch the confusion on their faces

[Exile]

Originally Posted by atoll

i'm surrounded by big traditional wooden sailing boats,some of them over 100 years old,most get a fresh coat of paint every year or so, so dings get painted over and add to their authenticity!

i'm 63 ft of raw unpainted aluminium and whenever one of them comes alongside i like to ,shout with a grin "watch my paint work!" and watch the confusion on their faces

Ha-Ha! That'd be me! Except when I'm approaching the dock I'm sure I already have plenty of confusion on my face! Of course after years of owning a pretty, blue-hulled, rather "traditional" looking yacht, unpainted aluminum makes all the sense in the world to me.

[IslandHopper]

Couldn't be?

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[dougieji]

Originally Posted by atoll

that does not look good.
but one has to wonder what they were doing sailing at night in an area of uncharted reefs where there are 30 ft tides,where there are many know and unknown dangers clearly marked on the chats,IE marked as unsurveyed?

exactly

[bill352]

Originally Posted by atoll

and like the old pilots used to say "if you can walk away from the plane,it was a good landing.............."

"...and if you can use the airplane again, it was a great landing."

[Red Herring]

His latest vid...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQx5FTyRaPE

[Dave_S]

Originally Posted by Red Herring

His latest vid...

Thanks for that.

I've read the posts above where it says the boat is lost but it seems he could beach it mid/high tide and support it near the top of the tide and let it dry out and make enough of a repair to get it somewhere to make good.

I would be surprised if he didn't have glass repair gear on board.

[Seaslug Caravan]

Thanks for posting Red.

Painfull to watch.

6 meter tides to use from memory.

Thankfully the camera is still working.

[Souzag818]

Originally Posted by BandB

I find it all a bit confusing. Reject air conditioning, generator, watermaker, refrigerator, and the civilized world in general and talk about how toxic and horrible it all is, but then film and post on an internet blog and facebook and solicit funds to pay for sailing and then to pay for accident. If one wants to support the writing effort, then that's fine, but I just find myself uncomfortable with the scenario. That's before considering the questionable sailing decisions or the fact capturing the show was the most urgent thing at the time of the accident.

If I thought he was seriously in need of food or medical care, then I'd be receptive. Funding his leisure pursuit, not so much.

As I said, I'm not condemning, to each their own, I do just find it all very confusing and am personally not impressed.

I watched one of his Youtube videos and thought it was a disaster in the making. I'm not going to throw gas on the fire, but I can't say I'm surprised. As long as nobody died...

[Mozzie]

It looks like even if they did salvage their boat, it would pretty much be a write off having been effectively submerged for so long.

[Cherod]

Watched his most recent video , def a cool character and dealing very calmly and methodically with his situation , his most interesting vid to date !! ( imo )

[Iaangus]

Originally Posted by Red Herring

His video made me wonder if there was a need for inflatable tubes, much like a lift raft, that could be activated in case of hull breach to keep the vessel afloat.

What would be the effect of a 9 foot inflatable tender under the bridgdeck assuming you could get it in place?

[atoll]

Originally Posted by Iaangus

What would be the effect of a 9 foot inflatable tender under the bridgdeck assuming you could get it in place?

it would remove all possibility of getting ashore if the boat broke up or sank further,and force them to use the liferaft to get ashore...not something you want to do in croc infested waters

[Iaangus]

Originally Posted by atoll

it would remove all possibility of getting ashore if the boat broke up or sank further,and force them to use the liferaft to get ashore...not something you want to do in croc infested waters

Yes, but I didn't imply that they should have done it. I'm asking what would the effect be.

[atoll]

Originally Posted by Iaangus

Yes, but I didn't imply that they should have done it. I'm asking what would the effect be.

i would guess that a dinghy with about 750kg of bouyancy with a cat displacing 8-10,000 kgs on top of it is not going to do a lot.

though a 9ft dinghy with a 15-25hp engine could probably tow a partially submerged catamaran to where it could be beached at about 1 knot in calm conditions